Continuous processing machine for scouring, dyeing and carding wool fibers

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR CONTINUOUSLY SCOURING, DYEING AND CARDING WOOL, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A FIRST GROUP COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO ALINED RESERVOIRS, A SECOND GROUP COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO ALINED RESERVOIRS WHICH ARE IN ALINEMENT WITH THE RESERVOIRS OF THE FIRST GROUP, A MOVABLE ENDLESS BELT EXTENDING OVER ALL OF SAID RESERVOIRS AND ADAPTED TO CARRY A LAYER OF WOOL FIBERS FROM THE FIRST RESERVOIR OF THE FIRST GROUP TO THE LAST RESERVOIR OF THE SECOND GROUP AND OVER ALL THE INTERMEDIATE RESERVOIRS, A SEPARATE SPRAYER OVER EACH RESERVOIR OF THE FIRST GROUP, EACH SAID SPRAYER BEING ADAPTED TO SUPPLY VERTICAL JETS OF WARM WATER UPON THE LAYER OF WOOL FIBERS, A SEPARATE PUMP CONNECTED WITH EACH RESERVOIR OF THE FIRST GROUP AND ITS SPRAYER, MEANS CONNECTING THE PUMP OF A SUBSEQUENT RESERVOIR OF THE FIRST GROUP WITH THE SPRAYER OF THE PRECEDING RESERVOIR OF THE FIRST GROUP, A SEPARATE SPRAYER OVER EACH RESERVOIR OF THE SECOND GROUP, EACH SAID SPRAYER BEING ADAPTED TO SUPPLY VERTICAL JETS OR A WARM DYEING SOLUTION UPON THE LAYER OF WOOL FIBERS, A SEPARATE PUMP CONNECTED WITH EACH RESERVOIR OF THE SECOND GROUP AND ITS SPRAYER, WITH THE SPRAYER OF THE PRECEDING RESERVOIR OF THE SECOND GROUP, TWO SQUEEZING ROLLERS LOCATED ADJACENT THE LAST RESERVOIR OF THE SECOND GROUP AND RECEIVING THE LAYER OF WOOL FIBERS FROM SAID ENDLESS BELT, A DRYING CHAMBER, A SECOND ENDLESS BELT EXTENDING THROUGH SAID DRYING CHAMBER, A GROUP OF ROTARY CARDING DRUMS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF SAID DRYING CHAMBER, THE SECOND ENDLESS BELT RECEIVING THE LAYER OF WOOL FIBERS FROM SAID SQUEEZING ROLLERS AND TRANSPORTING IT THROUGH THE DRYING CHAMBER AND MEANS DELIVERING SAID WOOL FIBERS FROM SAID SECOND ENDLESS BELT TO SAID CARDING DRUMS.